In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, swept through the United States. The necessary but costly non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) including social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and the closing or restriction of most businesses greatly increased the...

The paper looks at two aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. These are (i) the nature of this event and its implication for evaluating past policy and policy into the future, and (ii) the suitability of proposed changes in the implementation of competition policy affecting firm behaviour, market...

1. Introduction -- 2. Macroeconomic Indicators -- 3. Market Structures -- 4. Major Actors in Contemporary Markets -- 5. Demand and Supply -- 6. Economic Equilibrium -- 7. Economic Cycles -- 8. Disequilibrium and Unemployment -- 9. Disequilibrium and Inflation -- 10. Government Intervention in...